Guépard
Beta- Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to…
- Avoid: Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot
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Playstyle
Overview
Guépard is a Tier V French torpedo destroyer reaching 7 km. The torpedoes travel at 68 kt, so target reaction time is shorter than peer DDs; this is a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trade kit. Standout traits: best high HP pool in T5 DDs (17,200 HP) and best HE alpha in T5 DDs (2,200).
Positioning
Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use - 7 km reach at 68 kt means the wall arrives before targets can react. Drop on probable lanes from cover, stay unspotted between waves, and let the wall do the work.
Potato Avoidance
Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot
The kit pays out by saturating lanes, not by waiting for guaranteed broadsides; missed waves still force rotations and protect your team's flank. Idle torpedo tubes are the worst output state.
Signature Traits
17200.0 HP, best of T5 DDs.
2200.0 damage per HE shell, best of T5 DDs. Punishes superstructure and modules harder than peers.
9.0% fire chance per HE shell, best of T5 DDs.
0.03 s AP fuse timer, best of T5 DDs. Shells travel deeper before detonating; citadels through belt armor more reliably.
23.0 mm AP arming threshold, worst of T5 DDs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.
5.4 s rudder shift, bottom decile of T5 DDs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.
How to get Guépard
Guépard is available in the Ambush Destroyers branch of the France Tech Tree for 2,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 600,000 credits. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.
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Guépard sits in the Ambush Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full France tree.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Santa Level 4
0.25%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 4 · 1 of 24 ships
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Santa Level 3
0.239583%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 3 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 24 ships
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- Santa Level 30.202083%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.0375%
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Piñata Chest
0.16%
Tier V or VI Premium ship
Event containers · Piñata Chest · 1 of 25 ships
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Santa Level 2
0.106771%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 2 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 24 ships
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- Santa Level 20.058333%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.030312%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.0125%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.005625%
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Champion's Box
0.047917%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Champion's Box · 2 paths combined · 1 of 24 ships
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- Champion's Box → Santa Level 30.040417%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.0075%
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Santa Level 1
0.03437%
Tier V Premium ship
Event containers · Santa Level 1 · 6 paths combined · 1 of 24 ships
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- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 30.010104%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.00875%
- Santa Level 10.00825%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.004547%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.001875%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.000844%
Official WG availability sources
- Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
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- Piñata Chest 0.16% · Tier V or VI Premium ship
- Santa Level 1 0.00825% · Tier V Premium ship
- Santa Level 2 0.058333% · Tier V Premium ship
- Santa Level 3 0.202083% · Tier V Premium ship
- Santa Level 4 0.25% · Tier V Premium ship
Builds Beta
Charles Bléry, Louis Violette, and Philippe Auboyneau are useful French destroyer commander directions. Inspirations usually start with concealment, then add HP, torpedo reload, gun performance, or speed depending on whether you want safer scouting or harder cap fights.
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Cohort position
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Where Guépard sits among Tier V DDs (21 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.
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Not standouts for Guépard -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.
Stats & specs
Customize in the Build Tool →Shell ballistics chartMore tools in the WoWS Legends Data LabAll values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
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Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (9633/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 87.2 mƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 87.2 × 0.6 = 52.3 mƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 87.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 27.9 mƒ
50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 52.3 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 16.7 mƒ
180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.ƒ
5 broadside guns x 60 / 5.3 s base reload = 56.6.HE shells
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23 mm ≈ 139 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
2,200 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 11,000.ƒ
11,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.3 s base reload = 124,528.ƒ
5 HE shells x 60 / 5.3 s reload x 9% fire chance = 5.09.AP shells
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floor(139 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2124 × 40.4^0.69 × 0.139^-1.07 × 700^1.38 = 190 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 315.1 m/s: 1e-7 × 2124 × 40.4^0.69 × 0.139^-1.07 × 315.1^1.38 = 63.2 mm.ƒ
2,850 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 14,250.ƒ
14,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.3 s base reload = 161,321.ƒ
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.ƒ
per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.ƒ
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (9×3.5×1) + (14×3.5×0.95) = 78. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.ƒ
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.ƒ
Medium 9 + Near 14 = 23
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active
Main Battery Reload Booster2 charges · 120 s reload · 15 s active · +50% reload boost
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +20% speed bonus
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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.
Main battery formulas
Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (9633/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 87.2 mVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 87.2 × 0.6 = 52.3 m50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 87.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 27.9 m50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 52.3 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 16.7 mStandard destroyer dispersion baseline.Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2124 × 40.4^0.69 × 0.139^-1.07 × 700^1.38 = 190 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 315.1 m/s: 1e-7 × 2124 × 40.4^0.69 × 0.139^-1.07 × 315.1^1.38 = 63.2 mm.23 mm ≈ 139 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).floor(139 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.All 5 barrels bear on the broadside.180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.2,200 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 11,000.2,850 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 14,250.11,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.3 s base reload = 124,528.14,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.3 s base reload = 161,321.5 broadside guns x 60 / 5.3 s base reload = 56.6.5 HE shells x 60 / 5.3 s reload x 9% fire chance = 5.09.Torpedoes
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).2 launchers x 3 tubes.6 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).tube count x per-torpedo simulated damage (all torpedoes hitting).per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.AA defense
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (9×3.5×1) + (14×3.5×0.95) = 78. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.Armor
Hull HP 14,200 → 17,200 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
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| Bow | 16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm) | 1,400 (8% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP. |
| Hull (midship) | 16 mm | 12,900 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm) | 900 (5% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 16 mm primary (range 10–16 mm) | ≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap) | Citadel pen ×0.50 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage | Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.50 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen). |
| Superstructure | 16 mm | 600 (3% of HP) | Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage | Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP). |
| Turret (module, per magazine) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 8,600 magazine HP | Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP | Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster. |
| AA mount (37 mm mount) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 200 per-mount HP | Destroyed at 0 HP | Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast. |
| Rudder (module) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 5,200 module HP | Incapacitated at 0 HP | When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party. |
Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.
Shell ballistics chart
AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.
Balance History
Balance updates affecting Guépard. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
Ministry of Balance Reports: Big Small Changes!
- Main battery armament.
- HE shell damage increased from 2,000 to 2,200.
- AP shell damage increased from 2,600 to 2,850.
- AP shell service cost increased from 0 to 12 credits per shell (this is fixing it to normal for a 138.6 mm shell).
- Main Battery Reload Booster charges increased from 1 to 2.
- Main Battery Reload Booster cooldown time decreased from 150 to 120 s.
- Torpedo armament.
- Reload speed reduced from 90 to 95 s.
- Speed increased from 57 to 66 kts.
- Torpedo detectability range increased from 1.2 to 1.4 km.
- +2 more official change lines in the source post.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Guépard can equip, from in-game data.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
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